46 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



PALMS, etc. 



Tokpo (tokpoi) . . . Oil palm [Elais guineensis — 



Pahnae). 

 Mawa (mawai) . . . An oil palm stripped of its branches 



with age. 

 Kpogo (kpogni) . . . An oil palm with fronds growing 



vertically instead of with a 



spread. 



Parts of the Oil Palm 



Towu (towiii) or Tewu ) r^-i i 



,.^ ■ -^ ' )■ Oil palm nut. 



(tewui) ) ^ 



Tolu (tolui or toli) . . The kernel of the nut. 



Nini (nini) .... The long flower stalks like a c.itkin. 



{Lit. Breast.) 

 Nini-ha (nini-hei) . . Ditto. (Ha = female). 

 Tokpo-lu (tokpo-lui) . Palm wine, the fermented juice of 



the tree. 

 Ngulo - gbou (ngulo- Red oil from the outer part of the 



gboui) nut. 



Dangulf) (danguloi) . . Kernel oil. 

 Tolu-wulo (tulu-wuloi) . Ditto. 



Xduvu (nduvui) . . . The piasaba paliil {Rafia vinifera — 



Pahnae). Produces fibre, palm 

 wine, and the large fronds are 

 much used for building pur- 

 poses. 



Parts of Nduvui 



Kaja (kaje) .... The fibre of the Nduvu fronds 



called piassaba. 

 Kenji (kenji) .... The seed of the Nduvu. Like a 



fir cone closed, 4x1 inches. 



They say the toucan swallows 



it whole. 

 Konu (konui) .... The frond or branch. 



